The GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK NONET performs fresh arrangements from the Golden Age of American Song by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Victor Young, Richard Rodgers, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington and Kurt Weill.

Big Band Charts $75/each

in order of difficulty level (easy to advanced)

Slackers - soul rock

Shades of Blue - slow swing

Watermelon Man* (Herbie Hancock) - soul rock

Aeolius Rising - slow C minor modal

Like Amber- ballad

Horse Sliver - med minor blues

Bard Idry - med up bop

Alice in Revere - bossa

Cold Duck Time (Eddie Harris) - soul rock

Look for the Silver Lining - samba

Bibimbop - med minor blues

Orbiting - modal 5/4

Leaping Away - ballad

Northern Tier - straight 8ths

Prelude to a Kiss* (Duke Ellington) - double time bossa feel

My Foolish Heart (Victor Young) - 3/4

Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) - 7/4 straight 8ths

Cogni Toy - med swing

Sara Lynn - straight 8ths

Afterglow - modal straight 8ths

Where Herons Breed - modal, straight 8ths

Brave Dave - med up postbop

Namib - straight/swing 8ths, mixed meters

The Bishop - med up postbop

Byzantinesque - straight 8ths, modal

all compositions/arrangements by Manuel Kaufmann

* no license yet

3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-horn charts ($40-$50 each)

in order of difficulty level (easy to advanced)

Slackers - soul rock

Shades of Blue - slow swing

Watermelon Man* (Herbie Hancock) - soul rock

Aeolius Rising - slow C minor modal

Like Amber- ballad

Horse Sliver - med minor blues

Bard Idry - med up bop

Alice in Revere - bossa

Cold Duck Time (Eddie Harris) - soul rock

Look for the Silver Lining - samba

Bibimbop - med minor blues

Orbiting - modal 5/4

Leaping Away - ballad

Prelude to a Kiss* (Duke Ellington) - double time feel, bossa

My Foolish Heart (Victor Young) - 3/4

Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) - 7/4 straight 8ths

Where Herons Breed - modal, straight 8ths

Brave Dave - med up postbop

Namib - straight/swing 8ths, modal

The Bishop - med up postbop

all compositions/arrangements by Manuel Kaufmann, except when noted otherwise